Eyes of Critical Care: Application of Handheld Ultrasound in Critical Care Medicine
Critical care ultrasound plays an irreplaceable role in the rescue and treatment of critically ill patients.
Ultrasound is rapid, dynamic, real-time, repeatable, non-invasive and radiation-free, enabling quick bedside examinations of patients from head to toe. It plays an extremely important role in various ultrasound-guided punctures as well as the examination and monitoring of various organs such as the heart, brain, lungs, liver and kidneys.
1) Cardiac Assessment
Bedside cardiac ultrasound can monitor the size of each cardiac chamber, pericardial effusion, etc. The SonoMaxx handheld ultrasound can automatically measure cardiac function, saving time and effort.
Clinical Cardiac Images of Handheld Ultrasound
2) Hemodynamic Assessment
Intelligent blood flow measurement package with automatic envelope tracking, providing blood flow volume results.
3) Pulmonary Ultrasound
Dedicated lung ultrasound scanning software package, intelligent pneumonia-specific B-Lines software. It can intelligently identify B-lines in lung images, detect the number and spacing of B-lines, and provide intelligent prompts for different lung diseases, which is used for rapid lung examination.
Automatic B-lines, Automatic Pleural Line
4) Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST Protocol Workflow)
The FAST protocol can quickly determine the presence of severe abdominal, thoracic, or cardiac injury with hemorrhage and pneumothorax, and guide salvage surgery. The handheld ultrasound is plug-and-play, enabling instant access to examination results and rapid diagnosis and treatment.
5) Ultrasound-guided Puncture
Puncture enhancement and central line guidance make puncture more accurate.
Handheld Ultrasound-Guided Puncture
6) Diaphragmatic Assessment
Ultrasound can monitor diaphragmatic movement and measure diaphragmatic contractility.
Handheld Ultrasound for Clinical Diaphragmatic Scanning
7) Volume Assessment
Ultrasound examination of the inferior vena cava is of great significance for the decision-making of fluid resuscitation in critically ill cardiovascular patients with diseases such as heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and myocardial depression related to septic shock.
Handheld Ultrasound for Clinical Diaphragmatic Scanning
8) Assessment of Residual Bladder Urine
Handheld Ultrasound Bladder Scanning
9) Gastric Examination
Critical care ultrasound can assess gastrointestinal function and assist in enteral nutrition support.
10) Others
SonoMaxx handheld ultrasound, with its multiple models, versatile functions, portability and rapid response, is ideally suited for evaluating unstable patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Meanwhile, the entire device is IPX7 waterproof, allowing for thorough disinfection and effectively preventing cross-infection in the ICU.
In the rescue, treatment and nursing of critically ill patients, handheld ultrasound can help medical staff conduct rapid and effective assessment, accurate judgment, quick response and timely treatment, providing more time and opportunities for the rescue of critically ill patients.